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her⋅cy⋅nite

[hur-suh-nahyt]
–noun
a black oxide mineral, FeAl2O4, of the spinel group.

Origin:
< G Hercynit (1839), equiv. to L Hercyn(ia silva) the Hercynian Forest (referring to the Erz Mountains and other wooded ranges N of the Danube) + G -it -ite 1
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